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Test cricket is a unique game in many ways. Discuss some of the ways in which it is different from other team games. How are the peculiarities of the test cricket shaped by its historical beginnings as a village game?
No doubt the Test cricket is a unique game. Its uniqueness can be attributed in the socio-economic history of England in the eighteenth and nineteenth century.
(ii) Cricket’s vagueness about the size of a cricket ground is a result of its village origins. It was originally played on country commons, unfenced land that was public property. The size of commons varied from one village to another, so there were no designated boundaries or boundary hits.
(iii) Cricket’s most important tools are all made of natural, pre-industrial materials. The bat is to be made of wood as are the stumps and the bails. The ball is made with leather, twine and cork. Even today both bat and ball are handmade, not industrially manufactured.
Describe one way in which the nineteenth-century technology brought about a change in equipment and give an example where no change in equipment took place.
One major equipment which primarily is because of technological development is the protective gear including helmets, pads and other protective coverings.
The helmet and the face protector are made of metal and synthetic light materials.
Except the helmet, all other cricketing equipments did not change much. Bat, stumps, bails and balls showed little or not change.
Explain why cricket became popular in India and West Indies. Can you give reasons why it did not become popular in the countries of South America?
The Parsis were the first Indian community to set up a cricket club in India.
The origins of Indian cricket is to be found in Bombay and the first Indian community which started playing the game were the Parsis.
(i) This was because they were first to come into close contact with the British because of their trading interests.
(ii) They were also the first Indian community to westernize.
(iii) The Parsis founded the first Indian cricket club called the Oriental Club Bombay in 1848. The Parsis club was sponsored by rich Parsi business men like the Tatas and the Wadias.
Mahatma Gandhi condemned the Pentangular tournament.
The name of the ICC was changed from the Imperial Cricket Conference to the International Cricket Conference.
The Imperial Cricket Conference was named as International Cricket Conference in 1965. Earlier colonial powers like England and Australia dominated the game, its proceedings, rules and regulations. England and Australia had the right to veto over its proceedings which were scrapped in favour of equal membership in 1989.
The shift of the ICC headquarters from London to Dubai
The India has the largest viewership of the cricket and the largest market in the cricket world. Therefore, the game’s centre of gravity shifted to South Asia. This shift was symbolized by the shifting of ICC headquarters from London to Dubai.
Another fact which symbolizes the shifting of centre of gravity to South Asia is that; Pakistan and Sri Lanka have pioneered two great advances in bowling; the Doosra and the Reverse swing.
How have advances in technology, especially television technology, affected the development of contemporary cricket?
Who founded the first Hindu Club India?
R.V. Navelkar
R.D. Ratanakar
Kapil Dev
Mohindra Amarnath
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R.V. Navelkar
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__________ played an innings with an aluminium bat.
Dennis Lillee
Allan Border
Sunil Gavaskar
Frank Worrel
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Dennis Lillee
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State any one peculiarity of Test Cricket.
The game can continue for five days and still end in a draw.
Why, originally, cricket matches had no time limit?
This is because cricket’s laws were made before the Industrial Revolution when life was slow.
Why is cricket regarded as a batsman’s game?
Cricket is a batsman’s game because its rules were made to favour ‘Gentlemen’, who did most of the batting.
What is meant by ‘Battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton’?
This means that Britain’s military success was based on the values taught to schoolboys is its public schools.
Describe 'Ashes'.
The ‘Ashes’ is the name of the trophy which is won by the winning team in a Test series involving England and Australia. It is one of the most exciting Test series in the world cricket played alternatively in England and Australia.
The Australian cricket team toured England in 1882 and defeated England in a nerve-wrecking match by 7 runs. The people of England were shocked and the English media proclaimed that English cricket died at the Oval on 28th August 1882 and only the ‘ashes’ remained which would be taken to Australia. The next year English cricket team visited Australia amidst a lot of media hype and fanfare. It won the series and the English captain was presented with a trophy containing some ashes.
State the important changes that occurred during the nineteenth century.
The rule about wide balls was applied, the exact circumference of the ball was specified, protective equipment like pads and gloves became available, boundaries were introduced where previously all shots had to be run and, most importantly, overarm bowling became legal.
State any three important changes introduced in the game of cricket during the 19th century.
Describe the development of cricket.
Describe how cricket is played as a game.
It is an 11-a-side bat-and-ball team game, in which the object is to score the most runs. It originated in England among shepherds using their crooks as bats; its rules were laid down in 1744 and the game is played almost exclusively in the U.K. and its former empire.
(i) It is presided over by two umpires (from 1993, a third umpire may make certain decision in test matches with the aid of video replays).
(ii) It is played on a grass pitch 22yd (20.12 m) long having at each end a wicket of three stumps surmounted by two bails. The cork and twine ball, encased in leather, is 8.8-9 in (22.4-22.9 cm) in circumference and weighs 5.5-5.75 oz (155.9-163 g).
(iii) The members of one team take turns to bat in pairs, one defending each wicket; the batsmen’s objective is to score runs by hitting the ball and exchanging ends before the ball is returned to the pitch.
(iv) Each player bats until he is bowled, caught, stumped, run out, or judged LBW (Leg Before Wicket). The members of the other team field, some take turns to bowl the ball. After every over of six balls (sometimes eight in Australia) the bowler changes.
(v) The new bowler bowls from the other wicket. A match consists of one or two innings and may last for a few hours or up to five days, depending on the type of competition.
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